Nilotic

Ni·lot·ic  (n-ltk)

adj.

1. Of or relating to the Nile or the Nile Valley.

2. Of or relating to the peoples who speak Nilotic languages.

n.

A large group of Nilo-Saharan languages, spoken in southern Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, and northern Tanzania and including Masai.

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[Latin Nlticus, from Nltis, from Greek Neiltis, from Neilos, Nile.]

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Nilotic [naɪˈlɒtɪk]

adj

1. (Placename) of or relating to the Nile

2. (Social Science / Peoples) of, relating to, or belonging to a tall Negroid pastoral people inhabiting the S Sudan, parts of Kenya and Uganda, and neighbouring countries

3. (Linguistics / Languages) relating to or belonging to the group of languages spoken by the Nilotic peoples

n

(Linguistics / Languages) a group of languages of E Africa, including Luo, Dinka, and Masai, now generally regarded as belonging to the Chari-Nile branch of the Nilo-Saharan family

[via Latin from Greek Neilotikós, from Neilos the Nile]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Nilotic - a group of languages of East Africa belonging to the Chari-Nile group Nilotic language Chari-Nile - a group of Nilo-Saharan language spoken in parts of the Sudan and Zaire and Uganda and Tanzania Dinka - a Nilotic language Luo - a Nilotic language Masai - a Nilotic language
Adj.	1.	Nilotic - of or relating to the Nile River or the people living near it
	2.	Nilotic - of or relating to or constituting the Nilotic group of languages; "Nilotic syntax"